Cypress Gardens opening pushed back again by hurricane

Posted Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:00 AM | Contributed by Rampage

Hurricane damage to the botanical gardens area at Cypress Gardens Adventure Park will set back the park's much-anticipated October reopening, a park official said Monday. Georgia theme park owner Kent Buescher, who recently purchased the 67-year-old park, said he was heartbroken when he surveyed the damage Saturday, estimated at $2 million to $4 million throughout the park.